Not From Silicon Valley
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Not From Silicon Valley
Launching a dating app in Vietnam. Scaling a farm-tech business in Pakistan. Building a one-of-a-kind, no-water toilet for refugee camps throughout Jordan. Founders from emerging and frontier markets face unique challenges when starting and scaling their businesses. These are their stories. New...
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Navalayo Osembo - Creating the Kenyan Running Shoe (Enda)
New York Marathon...Boston Marathon...London Marathon...Tokyo Marathon...you name it!
It seems every year, no matter the city, it...
Ahmad Yousry - Delivering Groceries in Cairo in Under 20 Minutes (Rabbit)
All right.
I know what you’re thinking.
Another grocery delivery app?
I mean...come on!
Abrar Bajwa - Revolutionizing the Agricultural Supply Chain in Pakistan (Tazah)
Let's start with some pretty staggering statistics:
So, with agriculture making up such an important p...
Denise Sandquist - The Hottest Dating App in Vietnam (Fika)
There are stories.
And then there are stories.
And for Denise Sandquist, her story could - and should - be chr...
Roland Ros - Building the 'Disneyland of Social Media' in the Philippines (Kumu)
The BRICS.
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
For much of the 2010s, if you were to ask any glob...
Michael Khoi - 'Buy Now, Pay Later' in Central Asia and the Levant (ZoodPay)
Four letters:
BNPL
Buy now, pay later.
It’s all the craze these days.
...
Nelly Diop - Buying Bitcoin in Africa (Ejara)
It was 1994.
Nelly Diop was a little girl living in Dawala, Cameroon - when all of a sudden, at the drop of a dime, France devalue...
Ismael Belkhayat - Building a Super-App for French-Speaking Africa (Chari)
It started as a frustrating day at a small 'mom and pop' grocery store in Casablanca, Morocco.
Ismael was busy buying a carton of milk until t...
Carlos Andrade - Healthy Ghost Kitchens in Peru and Abroad (Manzana Verde)
It was 2014.
Carlos Andrade had just gotten his degree in Mechanical Engineering and was ready to start a demanding, yet lucrative career as an...
Javad Rezabaksh - Bringing Afghan Emeralds to the World (Silk Road Heart Gem Lab)
In 1991, as an 8-year-old boy, Javad Rezabaksh and his family fled Afghanistan for Iran during the Afghan Civil War.
20 years later, in 2011, Ja...
Bara Wahbeh - Building Toilets for Refugee Camps and the 'Global South' (Akyas Sanitation)
Around 800 million people worldwide don't have access to a toilet.
That means over 800 million people - everyday - are defecating wherever they...
Jude Celiscar - Engaging the Diaspora in Haiti (Goodoo)
Population of Haiti: ~11.5 million
Number of Haitians living abroad: between 2 and 3 million
Known as the 'Haitian Diaspora', around 20% o...
Giorgi Tsurtsumia - Enabling E-Commerce in the Post-Soviet States: (PAYZE)
E-commerce is already a USD$5 trillion market. The likes of PayPal, Stripe, and many others have helped the global e-commerce space grow exponentially...
Melina Cruz Villafaña - Creating a 'Clean' Marketplace in Mexico (Homely)
In 2015, the minimum wage in Mexico was $4.
No, not per hour.
Per day.
So when Melina Cruz Villafaña met Fernanda, an office cleane...
Dr. Ismail Badjie - Modernizing Healthcare in The Gambia: (InnovaRX Global)
1 in 10,000: The physician to person ratio in The Gambia, one of the lowest in the world.
4%: The percentage of Gambians that has health insuran...
Eja Batbold - Disrupting Education in Mongolia (TomYo)
In 2019, when Eja Batbold posted on Facebook that she'd be launching a platform that would help Mongolian students access study abroad opportunities,...
Erickson Mvezi - Delivering On Demand in Angola (Tupuca)
In 2014, Erickson Mvezi, as an MBA student, decided to pitch to his class the idea of bringing the first delivery-on-demand concept to his home countr...
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An online payments system in Nepal.
A cybersecurity business in Kazakhstan.
A food-delivery operation in Angola.
Founders from emerg...